Mitsui Memorial Museum

The ceramics in this exhibition date to the late-Momoyama Period (1573-1615) and all hail from the Mino Province in modern-day Gifu Prefecture. Four kinds of Mino ceramic ware became representative of the Momoyama Period — Shino (thick white glaze with red marks), Ki-Seto (yellow glaze and green blemishes), Seto-guro (black glaze) and Oribe-yaki (various colors but predominantly green glaze).

The Mitsui Memorial Museum is already well-known for housing and exhibiting its “Unohanagaki” Momoyama Period tea bowl, a National Treasure and the highlight of this show. This time, however, it introduces other masterpieces made around the same period as its prized possession; Sept. 10-Nov. 24.